Radiator cover



* rra WALTER S. RUNNELS, OF IKALAIVIAZ,00,V MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

v Application'fled March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,240.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. RUNNELS, a citizen ot the United States,residing at the city and county rof Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator Covers, otwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in radiator rovers.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide an improved radiator cover which may be quicklyapplied to radiators of' different types or makes and. opened or closedfrom the seat.

Second, to provide an improved radiator cover which may be made of fibreboard, thereby rendering it noiseless, and also one which is economicalto produce and durable in use.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, willdefinitely appear from the detailed descriptions to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specification. The invention is clearlydefined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part o1. thisspecification, in which:

Fig. I is a front view of a radiator having` my improved cover mountedthereon, parts being shown conventionally.

Fig. Il is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line2*-2 ot Fig. I.

Fig. III is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 33 of Fig. I.

Fig.- IV is an enlarged detail section on va line corresponding` to linef1-4 of Fig. I.

In the drawing similar reference characters re'l'er to similar partsthroughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken lookingin the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the radiator ot a motor vehicle.My improved radiator cover comprises a cover plate 2 of suitabledimensions and shape to cover the core 3 of the radiator. This plate 2is formed o1 fibre board and has shutter openings t therein, preferablyot triangular shape land disposed radially, as illustrated.

I provide a circular shutter 5 having radially disposed triangularopenings 6 adapted to be brought into register with the openings 4. Thisshutter is mounted upon the cover plate by means of a tubular eyeletlikepivot 7, there being a Washer 8 on the -outerside of the shutter,-seeFig. IV.

A ring 9 is secured to the face of the cover plate by means of therivets 10 to embrace the shutter. On this ring are clips 11 disposed tooverlap the shutter as shown, there- `by effectively supporting the edgeof the shutter.

These clips and the ring are also preferably formed of fibre board. Theshutter is held normally in its closed position by means of the spring12 having an offset 13 therein engaged in the pivot 7. The inner arm14.- of the spring has a laterally turned end 15 engaging an eyelet 16in the cover plate. The outer arm' 17 of the spring is passed through anattaching clip 18 secured on thestop projection 19 of the shutter, asshown in Fig. III. This clip has a flange 20 overlapping the edge of thestop to coact with the stop21 secured to the ring 9,-see Fig. III.

The stop projection swings in a slot 22, they end 23 of the slot servingto limit the closing movement of the shutter, the spring holding theshutter normally open against the stop 21.

The o erating cable 24; is attached to the endof t e arm 17 of thespring and carried through the eyelet 25 to some convenient position foroperation. A pull on the cable Will close the shutter, and when releasedthe spring automatically opens it.

By this simple arrangement of parts I secure a radiator cover which isreadily applied or mounted upon the radiator, the mounting beingeffected by means of the wires 26 passed through holes 27 in the coverplate and through the radiator.

The structure, when formed of fibre board suitably waterproofed, is verydurable, and the few metal parts exposed are not such as are likely torust or become discolored.

The cover plates may be made of different sizes and shapes, but one ofthe advantages in making them of' fibre board is that they may bereadily fitted to the radiator on which it is desired to use the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a radiator cover, the combination of a cover plate having shutteropenings therein, a circular shutter mounted on said cover plate bymeans of a tubular pivot and hav ing openings therein adapted to bebrought fl' 1 Y r" of said cover cover Jplate to embrace saidshutter,'cIips on said rlng projecting over the edge of said shutter, estop member on said shutter, coacting stop members on said ring. wherebythe movementof said shutter is limited, a sprin having an offset thereinen aged in. sind slmtm plvot, the inner arm of said spring being enga edwith said cover plate and its outer armeing secured to said shutterwhereby the shutter is held normally open, and means for closing saidshutter attached to the outer arm of said spring. v

2. In a radiator cover, the combination of al cover plate having shutteropenings therein, a circular shutter mounted on said cover plate bymeans of a tubular pivot and' having openings therein adaptedl to bebrought into register with the openings of said cover plate, a stopmember on said shutter, a spring having an oillset therein' en in saidshutter pivot, the inner arm of smid spring being engaged with saidcover plate and its outery arm being secured tosaidL shutter whereby theshutter is held'f normally open, and means for closing` said shutterattached to the outer arm, of said spring.

3. In a radiator cover, the combination of a cover plate having shutteropenings therein, a circular shutter rotatably mounted on said coverplate and having openings therein adapted to be brought into registerwith the openings of said cover plate, a ring mounted on said coverplate to embrace said shutter, clips on said ring overla ping saidshutter, a stop member on said s utter, coacting stop members 0n saidring whereby the movement of said shutter is limited, a spring foropenin said shutter, and means for closing said sgutter against thetension of! said spa" 4. In a radiator cover, the combination of acircular cover plate having shutter openings therein, a shutterrotatably mounted on said cover plate and having openings thereinadapted to be brought into register with the openings of said' coverplate, a ring mounted on said cover plate to embrace said shutter, andclips mounted on said ring to project over the edge of said shutter.

In a radiator cover, the combination of a cover plate having a shutteropening therein, a circula-r shutter mounted onsaid cover plate by meansof a tuibular pivot and having openings therein adapted to be broughtinto register with the openings of said cover plate, and a spring havingan offset therein engaged with said cover plate and its outer arm beingsecured to said shutter whereby the shutter is held normally open.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

WALTER S. RUNNELS. [n a] Witnesses:

LUELLA G. GmNFmw, MARGARET L.

